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Subject: Re: FP in kernelspace
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
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> > So 2 questions are:
> > 1) howto FP in kernel
> >
> kernel_fpu_begin();
> c = d * 3.14;
> kernel_fpu_end();
> 

unfortunately this only works for MMX not for real fpu (due to exception
handling uglies)

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